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Are You a Librarian Who Blogs? Would You Like a Signed Cabinet of Curiosities?

July 5, 2011

We love librarians—for one thing they always know how to have a good time, for another we always learn something when we hang out with them at ALA or other conferences.

So we’re making a special offer for librarians in the United States only (for now): if you’re a librarian and you blog about YA and/or adult books—either for a national or regional library website, or have a following on your personal blog—we’d like to send you a free copy of The Thackery Cabinet of Curiosities, signed by both of us editor-types. Offer good for the first ten to respond. Preferably, send us an email at vanderworld at hotmail.com with the URL of the relevant website, although you can post below too as a back-up if you like. All you have to do in return is promise you’ll try to blog about the book if you like it.

Yes, please! I do blog, but haven’t for a little bit because I’ve been trying to finish up library school and pass my comprehensive exam. I was actually planning on picking it back up in two weeks, so this is perfect timing!

Eep. I don’t think I sent the initial request to the right address. And since I’m a few days behind, I know I’m probably late to the party. But if there’s a chance I’m not–yep, I’m a librarian; I work at the circulation desk, where book recommendations are an integral part of my job. And yep, I have a blog, cited above, dedicated to post-apocalyptic fiction & film. Thanks, Mr. VanderMeer.

About Jeff VanderMeer

Photo by Kyle Cassidy

Jeff VanderMeer's most recent fiction is the NYT-bestselling Southern Reach trilogy (Annihilation, Authority, and Acceptance), released in 2014 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Foreign rights have sold in 17 countries and the movie rights have been acquired by Paramount Pictures/Scott Rudin Productions. His latest nonfiction books include Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction (Abrams Image). His nonfiction has appeared in the New York Times, the Guardian, the Washington Post, Atlantic.com, Vulture.com, and the Los Angeles Times. VanderMeer recently taught at the Yale Writers’ Conference and has lectured at MIT and the Library of Congress. You can contact him at pressinfo at vandermeercreative.com. (Author photo by Kyle Cassidy.) More...